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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 70k · 434 venues mapped

Lowestoft

Where Lowestoft places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 143 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Great Yarmouth 15 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 168 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jul, Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink434 places mapped
11:30–23:00
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11%
open past midnight
77%
open on Sundays
53h
open per week
18%
take a midday break
Shops & errands182 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
84%
open on Sundays
102h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Services55 places mapped
09:00–17:45
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0%
open past midnight
19%
open on Sundays
47h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
144
umbrella days a year
36.1 m
of rain since 1981
0
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
437.1 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:41
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.8 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,356
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureLowestoft RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 10.8% 192 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Virginia Beach 10.9%🇺🇸 Dothan 10.8%🇺🇸 Huntsville 10.8%🇺🇸 Iowa City 10.8%Lowestoft🇵🇱 Lublin 10.8%🇺🇸 Mansfield 10.8%🇫🇷 Metz 10.8%🇧🇾 Minsk 10.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 53 h 211 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Córdoba 53 h🇩🇪 Detmold 53 h🇳🇱 Eindhoven 53 h🇩🇪 Kleve 53 hLowestoft🇮🇹 Cuneo 52.9 h🇳🇱 Alkmaar 52.8 h🇫🇷 Cergy 52.8 h🇳🇱 's-Hertogenbosch 52.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 2.2% 450 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Telford 2.3%🇳🇱 Utrecht 2.3%🇺🇿 Yangiyul 2.3%🇪🇸 Fuengirola 2.2%Lowestoft🇨🇱 Valdivia 2.2%🇷🇺 Volgograd 2.2%🇫🇷 Chalon-sur-Saône 2.1%🇧🇷 Santos 2.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 17.7% 224 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Chemnitz 17.8%🇹🇼 Miaoli 17.8%🇩🇪 Passau 17.8%🇩🇪 Würzburg 17.8%Lowestoft🇯🇵 Miyazaki 17.6%🇮🇳 Mysuru 17.6%🇩🇪 Bremerhaven 17.5%🇬🇧 Eastleigh 17.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.2% 209 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Dundee 2.2%🇺🇸 Grand Junction 2.2%🇺🇸 Holland 2.2%🇨🇭 Locarno 2.2%Lowestoft🇧🇷 Maceió 2.2%🇮🇹 Mestre 2.2%🇺🇸 Missoula 2.2%🇺🇸 Mount Vernon 2.2%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 84.1% 143 of 1,704 🇮🇹 Naples 84.5%🇦🇺 Canberra 84.4%🇺🇸 Charleston 84.2%🇵🇹 Portimão 84.2%Lowestoft🇵🇹 Porto 84.1%🇮🇩 Singkawang 84.1%🇮🇪 Cork 84%🇲🇿 Maputo 84%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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